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Police have charged a Columbus man with an Easter slaying on the South Side.

This morning, police filed a warrant for the arrest of Rashad Saad Roberts, 23. He is charged
with murder in the death of Devin R. Peebles, 26, who died yesterday at Grant Medical Center.

Police responded to reports of a shooting about 3:15 p.m. yesterday.

Witnesses said Peebles was driving a car when someone who was chasing him in another vehicle
fired about six rounds. Peebles staggered out of the car, took two steps and fell, witnesses said.
Police found him at Whittier Street and Wilson Avenue.

"He got out himself, but he couldn't make it," said Richard King, who had been nearby on
Whittier and lives in the neighborhood.

Vikki Seward said she had recently left a nearby church service and was at a market on Whittier
when she heard the shots. After Peebles collapsed, she said, a man got out of the car that had been
chasing him and went through Peebles' pockets.

The man then got into the car Peebles had been driving and sped off in the direction of the
other car, she said.

Medics arrived soon afterward.

Police closed Whittier from Wilson to Oakwood avenues as they investigated the shooting. A pile
of bloodied clothes lay near Wilson, and orange cones marked the location of bullet casings.

Investigators said they found a vehicle connected with the shooting in the 1200 block of
Champion Avenue. They detained two men for questioning, but no one was arrested yesterday.

Seward said Peebles was known and liked in the area but had gotten mixed up in a neighborhood
dispute. Family members at the scene declined to comment.

Police gave Roberts' address as the "streets of Columbus" and were searching for him this
morning. Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide squad at 614-645-4730 or Crime
Stoppers at 614-645-8477.